Hearing delayed for man charged in Erie shooting

A preliminary hearing was postponed this morning for an Erie man accused of shooting at two people on the city's west side in February.

Prosecutors asked for a continuance in the hearing for 20-year-old Tarronce V. Porter because police officers who filed the charges weren't in court this morning. Erie 3rd Ward District Judge Tom Carney did not set a new hearing date this morning.

Carney denied a request by Porter's lawyer to reduce the $100,000 bond holding Porter in the Erie County Prison.

Porter faces criminal attempt at criminal homicide and other charges on allegations he shot at two men who were in a passing car on West 18th Street on Feb. 8. No one was injured, but the car was struck by a bullet, according to the criminal complaint filed in the case.